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The BJP’s organisational reshuffle is important, most of all, for its backdrop, and because of what lies ahead. It comes when the BJP-led government is two years into its third term at…
By Sohail Khan · 19 Aug
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The latest accusation levelled by the United States against India has the potential to be the most harmful to the Indian economy. A recent White House report, naming around 40 countries in…
By Sohail Khan · 19 Aug
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The spectre of a world orchestrated by Artificial Intelligence (AI) looms over discussions at coffee tables, in industry, and in the corridors of power. Opinions about what the near future portends range…
By Sohail Khan · 19 Aug
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The ruling Congress party has sounded the alarm over Telangana’s ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls fearing a structural voter purge similar to, what it describes as, the “West Bengal…
By Sohail Khan · 19 Aug
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Students bear the burden The Jharkhand students’ agitation, coming as it does close on the heels of the recently held CJP-led Jantar Mantar agitation, has put the nation on edge. It signifies…
By Sohail Khan · 18 Aug
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The July Uprising of 2024 was not an isolated event in Bangladesh. Rather, it was the culmination of nearly two decades of democratic struggle. Bangladesh has a long and strong history of…
By Sohail Khan · 18 Aug
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Rural workers are paying a heavy price for the Union Government’s ill-conceived tinkering with India’s employment guarantee law. Indeed, evidence is mounting of an unprecedented crash in employment generation under the Mahatma…
By Sohail Khan · 18 Aug
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The Timor green pigeon, a little-known bird found only on Timor, Rote and nearby islands, is edging dangerously close to extinction. A Mongabay report, citing a new study published in Oryx, estimates…
By Sohail Khan · 18 Aug
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Donald Trump’s threat to bomb Oman, a long-standing American ally in the Persian Gulf, reflects both his administration’s deepening frustration with the war against Iran and Washington’s declining influence in the region.…
By Sohail Khan · 18 Aug
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Parag Tyagi recently recalled meeting his late wife and actor Shefali Jariwala for the first time at a mutual friend’s house. “I had seen Shefali for the first time at a party.…
By Sohail Khan · 18 Aug